Thoughts for another day

March 29, 2010

Today's verse: 2 Cor. 5:21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Jesus Christ though Man, was holy. He was the only Man to be born without sin as He did was not born by the seed of man but birthed by the Holy Spirit’s seed. The Bible says He grew up in wisdom and age and favor before God and man. Jesus never gave in to temptation, although like any of us, He too was tempted. Jesus never succumbed to worldly pleasures and positions because He cared for only one thing and that is the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God. Because He was sinless, He had the courage to ask the people, ‘Who among you can charge Me with sin.’ None could. Unlike the Pharisees, scribes and other ‘wannabee Jews’ who yearned for human glory, He never bothered about it. When they came to make Him king, He escaped from there.

Yet, Jesus was crucified on the Cross. Deut. 21:23 says, ‘cursed of God is he who hangs on a tree!’ Now look at the paradox. Jesus was holy and pure yet He suffered the punishment reserved for the worst criminal, that of hanging. Why did this happen? Because upon Him was laid the sin of the entire human race says Is. 53:6. Yes, Jesus though innocent suffered the worst public humiliation among all men in all time.

He was God, Awesome and Powerful, yet He raised not a finger in retaliation because He had to undergo this for the sake of you and me. He knew the final note of His life would be dreadful and therefore He suffered much in the garden of Gethsemane when He prayed desperately to His Father, not so much to take away the cup, but that He be given strength to bear the Cross. It’s indeed a great thing to reckon Jesus hanging on the Cross and also pertinent for us to ponder and think, How a Man so holy and so great was crucified like any ordinary criminal amid shame and mockery. But He did it for us, so that we would come to share in His righteousness, given freely to us and enjoy eternal bliss with His Father in union with the Holy Spirit.